Band alignment tuning of heptazine-g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/g-ZnO vdW heterostructure as a promising water-splitting photocatalyst
Kourosh Rahimi, Alireza Z. Moshfegh
Abstract
The electronic properties (bandgap and band alignment) of a heptazine-g-C 3 N 4 /g-ZnO vdW heterostructure were tuned using an electric field and by applying strain, towards achieving efficient water-splitting photocatalysis.
Topics & Concepts
HeterojunctionPhotocatalysisWater splittingElectric fieldBand gapMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsPhotocatalytic water splittingNanotechnologyChemistryPhysicsCatalysisQuantum mechanicsBiochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques2D Materials and ApplicationsMXene and MAX Phase Materials